Berbatov will join Fulham, reveals Juventus director Marotta

Juventus director Giuseppe Marotta
has revealed that Manchester United striker Dimitar
Berbatov has turned
down the chance to
sign for the Serie A
giants and will
instead join Fulham. The Bulgarian
forward had been
expected to join the Turin club as exclusively revealed by Goal.com after talks over a move to Fiorentina broke
down. However, according to Marotta, the 31-
year-old has again had a change of heart and
elected to link up with former coach Martin Jol
at Craven Cottage. Berbatov played under Jol during the
Dutchman's two-year spell in charge of
Tottenham, and the former Bayer Leverkusen
man now looks set to re-join the 56-year-old in
west London after falling out of favour at Old
Trafford. Marotta told Sky Italia: "We contacted
Manchester United about [17.00] when we
found out that Berbatov rejected Fiorentina's
offer. We then contacted the player's agent
and he said to us that Berbatov had a offer
from his former coach to join Fulham. "We only approached Manchester United and
got close to the player after discovering he had
turned down Fiorentina. There was an offer
from Fulham, but he wanted to evaluate our
proposal too and give a definitive response
tonight. "Berbatov wanted to stay in England because
of his family, it's a life choice not a matter of
money. He was in Munich because his wife was
born in Munich. Juventus acted with
transparency and fairness." Both Juventus and Fiorentina are expected to
turn their attentions to Arsenal striker Nicklas
Bendtner, and Marotta has confirmed that the
Dane is on the radar of last season's Serie A
champions.